Add Visual Effects and Eye Candy to Windows using Nimi

If you’re totally happy with Windows XP and won’t be upgrading anytime soon, you’re not alone. Just because you don’t want to change your OS doesn’t mean you’re stuck with a boring, 8-year-old desktop.

Nimi is a fun little program for adding swanky visual effects to Windows XP. Nimi Visuals includes 23 different effects, many of which are “inspired” by those seen in OsX and Compiz. Use it to add visual goddness like kinetic effects and transparency or useful arrangement features like edge snapping and maximizing. There’s even a CoverFlow-esque task switcher (invoked via win+tab).

No install is required – just launch the executable and agree to the license. You choose to launch Nimi at startup by placing a check in the white box in the bottom left corner. .Net 2.0 is required.